@Lugh_Crow-Slave thank you for your reply.
I saw your post on a similar topic at SKINs for Omega subscribers. I understand, that CCP needs to make a ROI as a profit orientated company.
@Complex_Math 's idea of tying that to Omega is quite good IMO. I wouldn’t hesitate to pay a couple PLEX to buy an accountwide “faction representator” Status either to contribute on the investment CPP makes. Not all features should be tied to real world money though as that blurrs the overall quality of a game and creates rejection.
Ever since, EVE stood out to me as a game which could be played entirely real world money free with just playing the game but also enjoying the same comfort as a real world paying player (as you can pay your monthly fee with ISK) if you are good enough.
Feeling attached to a game is important in creating bonds between players and developers through the game itself which results in players being more involved. Being able to further customize your ships on a budget would improve this feeling of being involved and attached since you create a deeper bond with your character and their ships so it would profit CCP in the long run as well.
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According to finance the idea, they could think about the addition Faction SKINs who add to certain mechanics. This doesn’t need to be big but for example a diplomacy-bonus or faction standing bonus when doing pvp/pve could be a great addition when you are using a Ship with an attachement to that specific main faction. This would also help with the “problem” that when you try to rebuild bad rep with one of the Big 4, you could do that a little bit easier just by “flying under their flag” and earn more rep that way. This would make the implementation of this feature even more desireable as it also gets interesting for “min-maxers” If you then tie it to a small PLEX cost, the system could be profitable in the long run.